Saturday

D. is putting up tons of pictures from his trip … I like getting a taste of what he’s doing but honestly most of the pictures are of historical stuff from the area (not really my thing).  I’m sure to an extent it would be cooler if you were actually there (still, I doubt it would entirely be my thing based upon past experiences), but it gets a little old after awhile.  I know him pretty well and I know that if I’ve become jaded from seeing somewhat repetitive historical yet cool-looking things, he probably will at some point too.  Should I appreciate my experiences more?  Probably.  Should I exude positive emotion that just isn’t there?  Probably not.

I just want to talk to him, but with the time difference and him being really busy (and me being busy to an extent), it’s hard to plan.  Plus, he’s on one of those (god-awful) big group tours where you are basically tied to doing what the group wants to do.  I’m leaving on a trip in a couple days for about five, and I doubt the place I’m staying will have internet, so I won’t really be talking to him then either.  Oh well, it’s only a couple more weeks.

Anywho, my social life (“social life”) seems to have picked up since he left.  Now I’m hanging out all the time with S. and M.  Last night, the three of us met up with my coworker and some of her friends at a restaurant/bar.  B. (the coworker) was being really nice and trying to include them and everything, but she’d brought friends who knew each other and everything, so it was a bit awkward.  Afterwards, we were tentatively invited to come out with them, but since B. had left I figured it’d be really awkward (and they were just asking to be nice).  So M. and I went back to her house, while S. went running with a friend.  We talked for awhile about her situation with (a different) D. and just lots of stuff.  Hanging out with her a lot has made it a ton easier to talk to her.  We actually get along really well when we’re not playing the awkward small-talk game.  Eventually S. came back, and the three of us looked at old pictures and eventually went on (another) walk.  We ended up at our old elementary school, where we played on the playground.  M. learned how to hang upside down on the monkey bars.  We took a ton of pictures of everything, naturally :-p.  Eventually my mom started texting me (weird, right?) and sounded kind of pissed, so then I was in a bad mood and went home pretty soon after.

Today the fam left for the trip, and I’ll be coming with my aunt in a few days.  Until then, I’m responsible for both my brother and my cat.  I’m not sure which is harder to take care of … my brother is at a sleepover tonight, so I’m going to be throwing a little sleepover of my own with my friends.  And maybe some special adult drinks, who knows.  Tomorrow I need to get my stuff together for the trip (laundry, packing, books to read, etc.).  I just got off work (at 9 instead of midnight, woohoo!) so that gives me plenty of time to have a “real” Saturday night.  And I made a whole $8 in tips … I know, I’m just swimming in money.

Oh, and I looooove summer and wish it would never end.

Em